Dual enrollment at Broward College, explained for parents

Who can enroll at Broward College?

Students enrolled in a Florida public, charter, private, or home education program in Broward County. The college calls dual enrollment an accelerated program that lets eligible secondary students take postsecondary coursework and earn high school and college credits at the same time. County is the first condition to check, because a family a few miles north or south applies to Palm Beach State or Miami Dade instead.

The academic bar is a 3.0 unweighted high school GPA, and it has to hold after admission. Broward College asks a continuing student to keep the 3.0 unweighted high school GPA, keep a 2.0 college GPA, and earn a C or better in each course. Home school students registered with Broward County are the exception to the GPA rule: the college has no school transcript to read and does not ask them for proof of GPA, so their case rests on the test scores and the county paperwork.

College-ready scores are required in writing, reading, and math, and they expire after two years. Broward College publishes a cut on each accepted test: a digital SAT of 490 in reading and writing with 480 in math, an ACT of 17 English, 19 reading, and 19 math, a PERT of 103 writing, 106 reading, and 114 math, an ACCUPLACER Next Generation of 253 writing, 256 reading, and 261 math, or a CLT of 38 across verbal reasoning and grammar and writing with 16 in quantitative reasoning. Two math courses sit above that floor, MAC1105 and STA2023, and each test asks more for them: 530 on the digital SAT, 21 on the ACT, 123 on the PERT, 19 on the CLT, and 264 to 267 on the ACCUPLACER.

A second track has a lower academic bar and a narrower catalog. Workforce dual enrollment asks for a 2.5 unweighted GPA, runs in grades 10 through 12, and covers two programs: Aviation Maintenance in person at South Campus on weekday afternoons, and Supply Chain Management online, which carries 12 credits toward a technical certificate in logistics and transportation along with a SCPro Fundamentals certification. A teen who wants the aviation hours is looking at that list rather than the academic one.

We ask Broward County families for the date on the test score before anything else. A PERT sat in ninth grade has expired by the time a junior wants to register, and a retest has to be scheduled ahead of the form deadline rather than after it.

What does it cost a family?

Nothing. Broward College states that dual enrollment students are exempt from the payment of application fees, tuition, and laboratory fees, and points at section 1009.25 of the Florida Statutes, which exempts a student enrolled in a dual enrollment or early admission program from tuition and fees. Textbooks are covered separately under section 1007.271(17), and Broward College applies that to public, charter, private, and home school students alike.

Books are ordered rather than bought. The order goes through Barnes & Noble inside the myBC portal, the books are not shipped home, and the college asks students to order about two weeks before the term begins so the pickup is done before the first assignment. Home school families get the same deal in the college's own words on its home school page, which tells the student they are not responsible for the cost of textbooks.

One part of the exemption goes unused more often than the money does. The dual enrollment FAQ says a participating student is considered a college student and is eligible to use every resource the college offers, which includes tutoring and the libraries. A sixteen-year-old taking a first college course is exactly the student those services were built for.

How many courses, and what ends participation?

Broward College publishes no per-term credit cap. The number is the school counselor's: the counselor sets a credit limit as part of approving the recommendation form, and the approval email your teen receives names it. Inside that limit, a student may take any course on the dual enrollment approved course list, provided placement and course prerequisites are met.

The rules at the other end are published and they are strict. A student has to earn a C or better in each college course, and a D or F removes the student from the program. Those two lines deserve more attention than they usually get in October, because the same grade also sits on a college transcript that every future admissions office will read.

Early Admission is the full-time version and is open to seniors. Broward College defines it as at least 12 credits per term in fall and spring with a college GPA of 2.0 or greater. A senior on that path is carrying a full college load while still graduating from a Broward County high school, which is a different conversation from adding one course to an existing schedule.

What are the deadlines, and how do we apply?

For spring 2027 the student priority deadline is October 2, 2026, the final extended deadline for form submission is October 23, 2026, and priority registration begins November 2, 2026. Broward College warns that a form arriving after the priority deadline can take two to three weeks to process, which is how a family meets a deadline and still misses the good sections. Summer and fall 2027 dates are not posted. The fall 2026 cycle used April 22 for the priority deadline and June 1 for registration, and the same deadlines page is where the next set will appear.

The steps for a new student run in a fixed order: confirm eligibility with the school counselor, submit the Broward College application, set up the BC One Access account, complete the online dual enrollment recommendation form, upload the signed parent or guardian form, wait for the approval email that names the credit limit, register for approved courses, hand the counselor a copy of the schedule, and order textbooks. A FERPA release form is listed as an optional last step. Continuing students skip the application and the account setup and repeat the rest.

The counselor is more than a signature at the end of this process. Broward College has the counselor verify eligibility, approve the credit limit, and approve the final schedule, and the recommendation form itself carries student, parent, counselor, and principal signatures every term. Home school families run a parallel loop: the Recommendation and Articulation Agreement for Dual Enrollment Home School Students is certified by the Broward County Public Schools Home Education Office before the college will approve it.

We tell Broward County families to book the counselor meeting in early September for a spring term, because collecting four signatures on one form takes longer than filling the form out does.

Where does Broward College credit count?

Inside Florida's public system the mechanism is statutory rather than negotiated. Section 1007.24(7) of the Florida Statutes requires a receiving institution to award credit for courses completed at another accredited institution participating in the statewide course numbering system, where the courses are academically equivalent and the faculty credentials are comparable. Section 1007.24(8) goes further and requires the receiving institution to apply general education credit, naming credit earned through dual enrollment, to its general education core requirements before applying any of it as elective credit. That second rule is what decides whether thirty credits shorten a degree or pad it.

Broward College itself makes no promise about where a loose handful of dual enrollment courses lands, and the distinction is worth holding onto. Its dual enrollment pages stay silent on transfer, while its transfer pages describe what a completed degree does. Individual courses move under the statute. A finished degree moves under the statewide articulation agreement, which is a stronger thing.

The Associate in Arts is a destination at Broward College rather than a waypoint out of it. The college states that an A.A. graduate is guaranteed to transfer as a junior to a Florida public university or to continue in a bachelor's degree program at Broward College, which awards bachelor's degrees of its own. Rule 6A-10.024 of the Florida Administrative Code supplies the guarantee: sixty semester hours including a thirty-six hour general education curriculum, a cumulative 2.0 grade point average, admission to the upper division of a public postsecondary institution, and the sixty hours accepted in total on transfer. The same rule states that admission to the student's preferred public institution or program is not guaranteed, and Broward College repeats the caveat in its own words, that not all of the credit may apply toward the desired degree program and that limited access, teacher certification, and audition programs set their own terms.

Four named pathways narrow the system-wide guarantee to a particular university. FAMU IGNITE gives guaranteed general admission to Florida A&M after the A.A. Link2FAU does the same at Florida Atlantic. FIU Connect4Success covers most programs at Florida International, with specialized admissions programs excluded. Gator Tracks is the University of Florida pathway into the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, and what it offers is advising, academic coaching, scholarship consideration, and a preferred admissions decision on prerequisite courses and a major-specific GPA. Choosing the pathway early matters because the course list follows from it.

None of this reaches a private or out-of-state university. The statute covers Florida institutions in the statewide numbering system and the articulation rule covers Florida public institutions, so anywhere else a registrar decides one course at a time. The move that works is to email that registrar with the exact course numbers before your teen registers, and to keep the reply.

Questions to ask before registering

Bring these to the college's dual enrollment office and to the high school counselor. The answers decide most of the plan.

• What credit limit will you approve on the recommendation form this term, and what would raise it?
• When was my teen's test score taken, and is it still inside the two-year window at the October deadline?
• Which courses on the approved list carry high school credit, and how much toward graduation?
• Does the plan point at a Broward College A.A., or at a transfer pathway like Link2FAU or Connect4Success?
• Who at the high school signs the recommendation form besides you, and how far ahead do they need it?
• If a course goes badly, what is the withdrawal deadline, and does that avoid the D that ends participation?

Frequently asked

Is dual enrollment free at Broward College?

Yes. Broward College exempts dual enrollment students from application fees, tuition, and laboratory fees under section 1009.25 of the Florida Statutes, and provides textbooks free of charge under section 1007.271(17) to public, charter, private, and home school students.

What GPA do you need for Broward College dual enrollment?

A 3.0 unweighted high school GPA to start, and to continue, a 3.0 unweighted high school GPA plus a 2.0 Broward College GPA and a C or better in every course. Workforce dual enrollment asks 2.5. Home school students are not asked for proof of GPA.

What test scores does Broward College accept for dual enrollment?

A digital SAT of 490 reading and writing with 480 math, an ACT of 17 English, 19 reading, 19 math, a PERT of 103, 106, 114, an ACCUPLACER Next Generation of 253, 256, 261, or a CLT of 38 and 16. MAC1105 and STA2023 need a higher math score. Scores expire after two years.

When is the Broward College dual enrollment deadline for spring 2027?

October 2, 2026 is the student priority deadline, October 23, 2026 is the final extended deadline for form submission, and priority registration begins November 2, 2026. Forms submitted after the priority deadline can take two to three weeks to process.

What happens if a Broward College dual enrollment student gets a D?

A D or F removes the student from the dual enrollment program. Broward College requires a C or better in each college course to continue, alongside a 3.0 unweighted high school GPA and a 2.0 college GPA.